A magician is a form of wedding entertainment that has seen a huge growth in popularity in recent years. Weddings are an exciting and joyous occasion so having fun with friends and family is paramount and, therefore, having some eccentric entertainment can ensure everyone has a cracking time with plenty of talking points.
Wedding magicians can be hired for an entire day, so that they provide breakfast and reception entertainment, or can fill smaller time slots in the busy schedule of the day. Whatever you need from a magician, you are the one calling the shots, so make sure to find a performer you have a good rapport with who is flexible with times and dates.
You also want to look at how flexible their pay packages are, as a wedding has expense enough without paying extortionate rates for your entertainment.
Many people choose magician entertainment because it can be a very valuable icebreaker. Click here for some other options to go alongside it. Weddings often bring together people from the lives of the bride and groom that have never met, and so there could be a number of guests at the reception who have to mingle with people they don’t know. Magicians can be a great way of bringing everyone together to discuss the complexity of a trick, or disbelief, or simply to share a laugh over their reactions. Not to mention the fact that a good magician will rotate from group to group so everyone feels included. They may even save a special, no-holds-barred trick to perform with the bride and groom for an exciting conclusion.
Experience Matters
It goes without saying that any unrehearsed or underdeveloped entertainment is going to fall flat at a wedding and can even be quite embarrassing or spoil things for the bride and groom. This is especially relevant if you are hiring a magician for your wedding as the whole job of a magician is to create disbelief and to astound skeptics.
Someone without a good amount of experience of performing magic live is more likely to make a mistake during a trick and thus bring the entire evening down and dispel the illusion of their entire routine. You don’t want to have hired a magician that everyone can see is faking and is not holding anyone’s interest. Therefore it is important to do your research when choosing a magician for your wedding.
When looking up information on their website be sure to check for anything mentioning how long the magician has been in the business for. Testimonials and endorsements are also a clear indicator of quality and experience, the longer a magician has been performing well the greater the list of testimonials available will be. You want entertainment to go off without a hitch so ensure your performer is bringing plenty of experience to the guests’ tables.